TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hurvitz,Leon
TI  - Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma
T2  - Records of Civilization. Sources and Studies
SN  - 9780231927482
PY  - 1976///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Preface --; Contents --; Roll 1 --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Expedient Devices --; Roll 2 --; 3. Parable --; 4. Belief and Understanding --; Roll Three --; 5. Medicinal Herbs --; 6. Bestowal of Prophecy --; 7. Parable of the Conjured City --; Roll 4 --; 8. Receipt of Prophecy by Five Hundred Disciples --; 9. Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts --; 10. Preachers of Dharma --; Roll 5 --; 12. Devadatta --; 13. Fortitude --; 14. Comfortable Conduct --; 15. Welling Up out of the Earth --; Roll 6 --; 16. The Life-span of the Thus Come One --; 17. Discrimination of Merits --; 18. The Merits of Appropriate Joy --; 19. The Merits of the Dharma-Preacher --; Roll 7 --; 20. The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging --; 21. The Supernatural Powers of the Thus Come One --; 22. Entrustment --; 23. The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King --; 24. The Bodhisattva Fine Sound --; Roll 8 --; 25. The Gateway to Everywhere of the Bodhisattva He Who Observes the Sounds of the World --; 26. Dhāranī --; 27. The Former Affairs of the King Fine Adornment --; 28. The Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universally Worthy --; Glossary --; Notes on the Sanskrit Text --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Presents the translation of the Lotus Sutra as a major religious scripture based on scholarly study but written for the general reader. The version translated is that of Kumarajiva from about 400 AD
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/hurv92748
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ER  -